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Did Gates tip the scales?

The experts' verdict: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was effective on the witness stand, but the states still managed to give the judge some pointers Read more

26 April, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Google seeks to join EC's Microsoft antitrust case

The search giant says it has applied to help the Commission prove antitrust charges related to Microsoft's dominance of the web-browser market Read more

25 February, 2009 by Steven Musil
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Mozilla to join EC's Microsoft antitrust case

Firefox browser firm Mozilla has been cleared to see confidential European Commission documents and voice objections in the Internet Explorer-bundling case Read more

11 February, 2009 by Dawn Kawamoto

FSF berates apathy over Microsoft antitrust case

'I hope more companies will help us defend their interests,' says the free software organisation, after ECIS filed another complaint against Microsoft Read more

23 February, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

RealNetworks cries foul over Microsoft antitrust case

Microsoft has been accused of dragging its feet over the introduction of a version of Windows that doesn't include Media Player Read more

23 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Don't give me your Windows Lite

...ready to say it is likely that the final ruling in the Microsoft antitrust case will require the company to unbundle Windows from some of... Read more

27 February, 2002 by David Coursey
Small change for Microsoft

Small change for Microsoft

The EU-Microsoft antitrust case is not about a €497m fine or costs being awarded... Read more

17 September, 2007 by Leader

US Government 'lobbied EC' over Microsoft fine

...Neelie Kroes has revealed that the US Embassy pressured her over the Microsoft antitrust case Read more

26 September, 2006 by Richard Thurston

Microsoft's lobbying budget 'outstripped Enron's'

According to evidence presented at the Microsoft antitrust case, Microsoft's lobbying budget grew from almost nothing in 1995... Read more

12 February, 2002 by Matt Loney

Open source projects: Why it pays to keep quiet

...Commission would not comment on these specific cases or on the wider Microsoft antitrust case, but in September it reportedly said it was considering further... Read more

25 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows

...she was aware. A European Commission spokesman refused to comment on the Microsoft antitrust case on Thursday. In June, when ZDNet UK questioned the EC... Read more

18 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Dial 'O' for Oracle

...end there was little drama. Some high-profile lawsuits, such as the Microsoft antitrust case brought by the Justice Department, are characterised by the constant... Read more

14 December, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto and Declan McCullagh

It can pay to criticise Microsoft

...s lobbying budget "outstripped Enron's"According to evidence presented at the Microsoft antitrust case, Microsoft's lobbying budget grew from almost nothing in 1995... Read more

25 November, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue

Oracle judge seeks expert technology advice

...Stanford law professor Larry Lessig in 1997 to review issues in the Microsoft antitrust case. The judge was weighing the technical issues of whether the... Read more

16 March, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

EC sets Microsoft antitrust date

A date for a decision from the EC on the long-running Microsoft antitrust case has been set -- but it's being kept top secret... Read more

24 February, 2004 by Jo Best

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